Golf-club.



A. E. L. F. P. RIVERS.

GOLF CLUB. APPLICATION FILED P51120, 1912.

Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

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' ALEXANDER EIFWARD LANE F015?. FETT RIVERS, OF SALISB'URY, ENGLAND.

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i lApplication led February 20, 1912.

Specification of Letters Patent. "jatprgftd IMM', 3L 191i 2.,

Serial Nol 678.926.A

To all whom it may comer/a: l

' Be it known that I, ALEXANDER Enwann LANE FoX'Prrr Rrvnns, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, and a resident oit' Salisbury, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in GolClnbs; and I do hereby declare the followingf to he a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention relates to improvements in golf clubs. particularly, those used for driv ing or making; the longF strokes, oi the kind having a block of metal at the central part secured with the aid of a sole plate, and has for its object to consti-net the elnh head in such manner that. the 'torce of a hit will be better concentrated on the hall, While the shook due to the impact will he better distributed in the clnh head. whereby longer and truer :strokes may he obtained and the life of the club will he lengthened.

f To the end aforesaid, the'invention oonsists in Constructing the head of a driver lvation looking or otherv golf elnlo with a hollow. `or cavity at its central part in. which is secured a weight or block ot hard metal, of an elongated formation in the direction of the striking line, e., the direetione the swing of thecluh head, and in securing the shoe or base plate' of the chilo hy means of pegs,

rivets or the like,l which are setin a back-- ward radiating direction. p

The invention is illustratedA in the accompanying drawings as applied to a driver.

Figure l is a sectional view showing the club head in seetion from front to hack on the plane 1*1, Fig. 2; Fig'. 2 is a front elefrom the, right oi Fig. i;

Fig. 3 is an under plan of` Fig. l, showing the sole or base plate.

In carrying ont the invention .according bo the preferred form of construction, the club head, a, of Wood or the like customary material, is recessed, at a1, to receive a centrally disposed Weight,?), ot iron. steel or other hard metal, and or' an elongated formation lying in the direction of the striking line at right angles to the striking face.

l l fifi/Ze Fig. 2i.

'l`l1e weight may he oilcd. vai?l nislied or otherwise,treated against corrosion,.antl may he secured in positinn hgvf a ledge. at'. at one end ol the recess, andfloy a wedge or packineY piece. c, at the otherlend. and a sole or hase plate, d, preferably pi' raniis horn. The wedge or packing' piece is .secured in position h v the solo o1' oase plat'. and the latter secured in position by dm'etailing. ff". and h v rivets or pefgsQf. arranged in a radiating manner as shown and driven in troni; the hase ol' the club head.

l The invention is oi' advantage in coinhaving lead weighted` ants at. the back oi the Chih head, as 1n such paris-on with clubs becomes loose in poclnbs, the weight soon petus of the Weight in striking is not concentrated just hehindt-he point of impact as inv the present elul), but, on the other hand tends to set up torsion or twistin theshat'tin the act of making` a stroke.

driven into the striky sition not heine: securely held, and the iinfl represents pegs ingr face.

illlhatl claim as my invention and desire to seonre by Letters Patent is2- t golf club having a` head made of wood' or the like and in which is a centrally disposedxrecess, a hard metallic Weight of an elongated. formation extendingl rearward vfrom behind and with its major axis at right angles to the striking face in said reeess, a sole plate. a ledge integral with the head at one end of said recess. and a packing piece at the other end oi' said recess, for securing said 7weight in position.l and pegs arranged in a backward radiating direction and at. an angle to the striking face'for securing said sole plate in position, snhstantially asl described.

ln testimony whereof i. aiiiX my signature, in presence of two 'subscribing witnesses. ALEXANDER EDWARD LANE FOX PITT RlVEltS. Witnesses:

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